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Samsung wants to patent something that existed years ago, developed by other companies. Here is one from more than 3 and a half years ago: https://interestinge
by ksaj 7y ago
Samsung wants to patent something that existed years ago, developed by other companies. Here is one from more than 3 and a half years ago:
https://interestingengineering.com/flexenable-creates-a-4-7-inch-flexible-screen-that-wraps-around-your-wrist https://interestingengineering.com/flexenable-creates-a-4-7-...
And a video discussing a prototype and how they planned to update it:
https://youtu.be/A1azlGZiBvc https://youtu.be/A1azlGZiBvc
And here's another company from earlier this year doing the same thing, and happens to implement that planned upgrade:
https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/review/smart-watches/nubia-alpha-3692873/ https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/review/smart-watches/nubia-alp...
It's even got touch screen and a camera. Check out the video:
https://youtu.be/JbY8DM8c-h0 https://youtu.be/JbY8DM8c-h0
And if that isn't convincing enough, how about this one from 10 years ago (scroll down the page a bit for pics of it):
https://www.wired.com/2009/01/flexible-wrist/ https://www.wired.com/2009/01/flexible-wrist/
It looks a whole lot like this one from Apple last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6FINL5iqfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6FINL5iqfg
Samsung should probably be running into prior art issues on this one.